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Chapter 698 Chapter 695: The old thief wanted to kneel when he saw Brother Wei, but the length finally had a problem (5.4K begging for tickets)
The San Antonio Spurs in the 15-16 season, this is a season that even the Spurs fans themselves often ignore.

Whenever the Spurs in the 15-16 season are mentioned on basketball forums, many Spurs fans will say with emotion: "Hey, it's a pity. I hate Zaza. If it wasn't for him stepping on Barabara."

At this time, he will often be replied: "Dude, what you said is next season. In the 15-16 season, the Spurs and the Warriors never met in the playoffs."

You see, everyone only remembers the 13-14 Spurs winning the cup with their gorgeous team basketball, and remembers that Kawhi was stepped up in the 16-17 season.

But for the Spurs in the 15-16 season, their sense of presence was too low.

But in fact, the Spurs in the 15-16 season won a terrifying 67 wins in the regular season-the best record in team history!
And throughout the season, the Spurs only lost one game at home, and that was to the strongest Warriors!

It stands to reason that this is quite a brilliant regular season record, and it shouldn't be so insignificant.

Unfortunately, even though the Spurs won 67 that year, they only lost 1 at home.

What can be crushed on their heads is the 73-win Warriors who broke the Bulls record.

People's eyes are on the 73-win Warriors, and the whole world is bragging about how strong the Warriors are, while ignoring the Spurs, who have the same excellent record.

In fact, the Warriors might not have won 73 games without the Spurs.

But being suppressed by the Warriors in the regular season is only second. The biggest reason for the Spurs' lack of presence in the 15-16 season is because they were eliminated in the second round of the playoffs.

Think about it, the Thunder were fierce enough back then. They first played the 67-win team, and then the 73-win team, and caused huge troubles for both teams.

It is indeed a combination of king fried.

There are many reasons why the Spurs were eliminated, but one thing is certain is that the Spurs are definitely an underrated team.

Even in the regular season, it is very difficult to lose only one game at home.

The Warriors in the regular season that year only lost 9 games in a season. Most of the losses in the games were actually due to factors such as fatigue, luck, and injuries.

But the only loss to the Spurs was actually suppressed once in terms of strength.

Therefore, Popovich is by no means arrogant.

Although he has many shortcomings, although he is cruel, he is by no means a person who is easy to be arrogant.

He was confident that he wanted to clean up Wayne in the Rose Garden because his spurs were really strong.

He was in an ugly country, and as soon as he got off the plane, Popovich was very arrogant when facing reporters' questions.

"Coach, how do you feel about returning to the Rose Garden again? What changes did Wayne's return bring to the Blazers?"

The old thief faced the camera with disdain: "There is no special mood, the Trail Blazers are just like other opponents. I don't know what Wei's return will change. I only know that the world has changed a lot in the two years since he left."

After finishing speaking, the old thief looked at Kawaii proudly.

Last season's FMVP, last season's DPOY, this season's MVP ranked second.

Kawaii's growth can be said to be one step at a time, he is simply the pride of the old thief!
In the past, the Spurs have not had a player who can compete with Wayne.

Now he has it!
The old thief just feels lucky, thankful that he snatched Leonard from the Trail Blazers in the first draft.

Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous.

Kawaii is the real superstar of this era, the old thief believes that that kid will make Wayne feel deflated.

"So do you think Portland fans will boo you wildly when you return to the Rose Garden this time? After all, every time you played an away game in Portland before, you were very emotional."

"You know, I'm getting older and my hearing is getting worse and I can't hear booing anywhere."

The old thief replied pretending to be chic, thinking he was humorous.

But a few hours later, when he was standing on the sidelines of the court, listening to the boos of all the fans, and seeing Wayne standing on the court, the old thief admitted that he was a little panicked.

After two years, seeing that devil on the basketball court again, the old thief suddenly had bursts of painful memories in his heart.

Wayne's history of success is simply equivalent to the history of suffering of an old thief.

He still clearly remembers how Wayne destroyed the mighty Spurs in just five games in 2013.

Wayne also turned his head to look at the old thief on the bench at this time, and the old thief immediately took a step back like a conditioned reflex, subconsciously preparing to hide behind Budenholzer.

"Mike, escort, escort!"

Vicky yelled in horror, but when he turned his head, he realized that Mike was no longer beside him, only female assistant coach Becky Harmon remained.

Well, Budenholzer went to the Eagles to start his own business in the summer of the year Wayne retired. He is now the head coach and president of basketball affairs of the Eagles.

Size is an executive.

Last season, Budenholzer also won the best coach award.

So, it is always right to go out and venture out.

Leaving aside the honors Budenholzer has received, at least he doesn't have to be used as a human shield in the Eagles!
Harmon looked at the old thief in bewilderment. Why did this usually calm old man look terrified?
"Escort? What escort?"

Becky Harmon asked at a loss, is this a new tactic?
The old thief couldn't lose face in front of Xiao Nizi, so he straightened his bow tie pretending to be calm: "Uh, Becky, I mean, don't be nervous even when facing the Trail Blazers. Although Wayne led the team to five consecutive victories after his comeback, it's nothing special.

Wayne is just a paper tiger, we don't have to be afraid of him!I have a hundred ways to get him! "

As soon as the old thief finished speaking, he felt as if the light in front of him had been completely blocked.

He looked up, only to realize that Wayne had walked in front of him at some point.

"Fuck!"

Just now, he was just saying that Wayne was not a terrible old thief, and he was so frightened that he was so frightened that he almost knelt down to Wayne.

Wayne hurriedly supported him, so he didn't receive the old thief's worship.

It's not Wayne, the poor old thief, it's mainly because the white-haired man kneels down to the black-haired man, that's going to shorten his life.

"Good friend, long time no see." Wayne stared at the old thief with a smirk on his face. His fearful expression was simply Wayne's best food for thought.

"Stop thinking about kneeling, excuse me, sit down."

The old thief stared at Wayne in fear, his legs were still weak: "It's okay, this...it's so comfortable."

Wayne shook his head, and forced the old thief to sit on the bench.

Then, Wayne held out a hand, indicating that he wanted to shake hands with the old thief.

The old thief glanced at Becky Harmon and found that she was staring here.

Just now she established a new style in front of her. If even Wayne dare not shake hands, how can he lead the team in the future?

So, the old thief reached out and shook Wayne's hand.

Sure enough, the moment he held it, Wayne squeezed the old thief's palm hard.

The old thief was so painful that he wanted to yell, but Nima's younger generation was watching beside him. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if he yelled out?

"Craig, do you know? I really miss you so much. I hear you say that the past two years have changed a lot? I just heard that you have a hundred ways to deal with me?"

"Yes, there have been a lot of changes in the past two years! As for the one hundred methods. Hehe, it's just a metaphor.

Just like some authors say that he promises to change [-] every day, but most of them are just metaphors, and only a very small number of conscientious ones really improve [-] on a daily basis. "

"Hahahaha, everyone is so familiar, there is no need to explain so much. Use whatever tricks you have. I will let you know that your situation is actually no different from two years ago."

After speaking, Wayne let go of the old thief's hand.

Looking at Wayne's back as he turned and walked away, the old thief's heart was still pounding, and he was completely gone from his previous arrogance.

Becky Harmon also stood up at this time, very surprised: "I always thought that you and Wayne had a bad relationship, but I didn't expect you to be so close."

The old thief rubbed his almost broken hand: "No, the relationship between us is extraordinary!"

Wayne and Popovich, the degree of mutual hostility between these two people cannot be smoothed out in just two years.

Generally speaking, there are very few players and coaches in this league with the level of animosity between players and coaches that reaches the level of Wayne and Rogue.

Wayne ruined Bowen, broke Popovich's tooth, and made the Spurs go through a dark decade.

And Popovich's black hands again and again made Wayne hate this old man to the bone.

You know, if it weren't for the body of steel, Wayne's rookie season would have been abolished by Popovich.

Isn't it often said in TV dramas?If an apology is useful, what do you need uncle for?
What's more, Popovich didn't even apologize, and he didn't even wash his face.

You said, can the degree of hostility between these two be smoothed out casually?
Wayne continued to go back to warm up, and found that old Carter was also frowning.

San Antonio Spurs, this is definitely an extraordinary opponent for Carter.

Carter has suffered a lot from the Spurs.

A few years ago, because he had given up the championship, Carter's attitude towards the Spurs eased a lot.

But this season, after Carter returns to the championship ranks, he will think of what happened to him back then.

The Spurs did bad things to Carter, to paraphrase a famous quote from Mousse: "Not once, not twice"

Mousse: I have already won the championship in Cleveland, so I can't get past this article, right? ?

Before the start of the game, Carlisle reminded everyone that this may be the most difficult opponent the team has encountered so far this season. I hope everyone will maintain their state and not take it lightly.

This is to remind the Sand Sculptures in a different direction: "Those cauldrons who played the No. [-] Xiusao operation in the last game, have all received their magical powers today!"

Big Mackey and Tucker nodded seriously. The coach must not be talking about us. As blue-collar workers, what bad intentions can we have?

Before the start of the match, Wayne and the primary school students also performed a boxing attack to boost each other's morale.

Wayne is very clear that this game is definitely not something that can be won by just playing casually like before.

In the first game against Thunder, although Thunder has strength, Du Xiaoshuai is still on the hook.

So to put it bluntly, half of the Thunder's strength was not brought out.

But the Spurs are different. They played a wave of five consecutive victories at the beginning, and they were in good shape as soon as they came up.

Never expect to wait for the opponent to fall by itself.

Today was the first opponent Wayne had encountered since his comeback.

Moreover, neither Wayne nor the old thief wanted to lose to each other.

This pair of enemies will never let either party pass the test easily.

At this time, the old thief was staring at Wayne viciously from the sidelines, completely without the cowardice just now.

As a man, you have to be able to bend and stretch!
He pinned all his expectations on Kawaii, but he must give me a long face!

The starting five of the two sides are in their positions. For the Spurs, the starting five are Parker, Green, Kawhi, Aldridge and Duncan.

On the Blazers side, there are still Curry, Tony, Butler, Wayne and McGee.

Carlisle's plan for this game is very simple. Cut off the connection between the Spurs players, force the Spurs to play singles, and prevent them from playing a smooth team offense.

In the matchup, Butler will face Kawhi, and Wayne will face Aldridge.

In Carlisle's vision, this shouldn't be a problem.

However, as soon as the game started, Carlisle found that his wishful thinking was not so satisfactory.

After McGee won the basketball for the Trail Blazers, Wayne immediately prepared to execute the first down.

After making a few triple-threat moves in the mid-range, Wayne tried to break into the penalty area.

But after Wayne Wayne rushed in, Duncan immediately defended him.

Wayne then handed the ball to Big Jonkey.

Big Jiong took a big step after receiving the ball and was about to dunk, but Duncan returned to the basket in time, raised his arms high, and interfered with McGee's shot.

It's okay for McGee to dunk and eat cakes, but when he encounters interference when attacking the frame, he will struggle very much.

The first goal was missed, and Aldridge took off the rebound.

After Parker pushed over, he originally wanted to play a pick-and-roll with Duncan.

But Curry squeezed Duncan away for the first time and sealed him in front of Parker again.

You know, two years ago, Parker was still the core figure of the Spurs, the absolute scoring leader.

At that time, Parker played Curry, and it was one hit and one shot.

But now, Curry's own defensive improvement combined with Parker's decline in speed has made him and Duncan's pick-and-roll less threatening.

In the past, he could easily get rid of Curry, but now it is difficult for him to get rid of the No. 30 of the Blazers.

There was no other way, Parker had to hand the ball over to No. [-] with facial paralysis.

Carlisle was very happy. Isn't this tactic of forcing singles done?

Butler, the unit of length measurement, stood in front of Kawaii conscientiously, reaching out to cover Kawaii's eyes.

But Kawhi didn't show any expression. He called Duncan again for a pick-and-roll, but in the end he went to my unscreened side instead.

Butler was deceived for a while, but he quickly adjusted and continued to block Kawaii's route.

At this moment, Kawaii took a step back, opened a distance and shot a jumper directly.

I have to say that Kawaii at this time is very different from Kawaii two years ago.

The kawaii two years ago can only be regarded as a budding figure.

And the current Kawaii is the second in the MVP rankings.

Artest: I was also in the top five of the MVP list back then, nothing special.

Kawaii's current technology has not yet reached the point of perfection, but it is already at the top level of the league.

Butler reacted immediately and raised his arms to interfere with the shot.

But his arms are almost the same whether he raises them or not. Compared with Kawaii's length, it is simply a large-scale social death scene.

With about the same height but a short arm, Butler's interference has little impact on Kawhi.

In this way, Kawhi's step-back mid-range shot made a steady hit.In the first round, Kawhi defeated the strongest perimeter gate of the Trail Blazers!

"Okay, okay!" Popovich clapped his hands like a sea lion, he knew that kid would not let him down!
"The ball is scored, Leonard's current technique is indeed very delicate."

Butler gritted his teeth, and he would definitely be on guard against it if he had to change to someone else, because there was one thing to say—that there was no problem with his judgment.

The problem is the length.

Carlisle didn't expect Butler to be defeated so easily.

But this is just a round, it can't explain anything.

In the second round, Wayne played for Curry, but Curry's three-pointer was interrupted by former teammate Green.

Green is still very powerful on the defensive end this season, and he is just very suitable for defending off-ball attackers.

In the Spurs, Huang Ama and Kawaii double ghost hit the goal, which is to prevent the opponent from holding the ball and the other from defending the opponent without the ball.

Green is even better at pressing people off the ball than Kawhi.

Curry missed, and Wayne almost got a rebound on the heads of Alder and Deng.

But just as he was about to touch the basketball, Kawhi jumped in and took the rebound away.

Then, he turned around and counterattacked quickly.

Butler hurriedly stopped him, but his speed was no better than Kawhi's, so he could only stick to Kawhi's side.

Kawhi kept winning and carried Butler to the three-second zone, then used a beautiful European step layup to avoid the defense, and then used his wingspan advantage to pick the ball lightly.

"brush!"

"Basketball continues to improve, Leonard is very active today, and scored 4 points in a row as soon as he came up!"

"Fuck!" Butler blamed himself, you know, it's hard for a player like him to accept being hit twice in a row by the opponent.

Carlisle also frowned. He did force the Spurs to play singles, but he didn't expect Butler to be unable to defend.

Wayne shook his head, in fact, he had been worried about this for a long time.

The most talked about match between Butler and Kawhi was undoubtedly the year when the Raptors won the championship.

In the Eastern Conference semifinals, the 76ers also used Butler to defend against the small card at the beginning.

However, the effect is very hopeless.Kaka hit a terrifying hit rate of nearly 70% on Butler, almost getting anything he wanted!

It's really unstoppable, and Butler is visibly behind Kawaii on both offense and defense.

In fact, the playing styles of the two are similar, and it is really time to fight for talent.

Butler was completely crushed by Kaka in terms of physical talent.

Later, the 76ers still used Simmons to defend Kaka, and barely limited Kaka's shooting percentage to 53%.

Well, it's only 53%. Now I know why Xiaoka was blown into the contemporary Jordan that year.

And Butler, mainly went to defend Van Jordan, causing Van Jordan to lose the entire series.

In other words, the 76ers dare not let Butler go against Kawhi at all!
Again, Butler is suitable for defending guards, but it is difficult to defend against tall and long strikers.

This is one of the reasons why Butler has never been considered a super giant.

Originally, his offense was not at the top of the league, but his defense, which he was proud of, had such restrictions.

As for Antetokounmpo being deflated when he met Butler's team, it wasn't actually Butler defending alone. Antetokounmpo mainly died under the zone defense.

Antetokounmpo's skills are not as superb as Kawaii, so he is afraid of zone defense.

All in all, Butler has never been better at defending Kawhi.

It's just that Kawaii hasn't evolved into a full body yet, so Wayne also took a little luck before.

However, Butler also did not enter the full body.

Therefore, the gap between them is still the same.

These two goals are enough to prove the gap between the two.

4 to 0, the expressionless Kawhi will definitely not stop there, and Butler has to continue to suffer.

What's more, Aldridge, one of the double virtues, hasn't started to show his skills yet.

The old thief smiled slightly, my pride is really strong!
　Here's the first one, begging for votes!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)